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Third Person POV
Orange Town, East Blue.
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"Is he going to be all right?" the mayor asked as he inspected the dog being bandaged by Lami's side.
"Yes, old man, you've asked that 12 times already. Worry about yourself and don't bother me anymore!" Lami was irritated with the old man, who was now wearing a cast on his broken arm but still concerned about the dog that the captain had asked her to take care of.
After that, seeing that her job was done here, she turned to her captain.
"Now we need to go over our next steps," Luffy announced, so she stepped back to see what Luffy had planned for them.
Arriving at a quieter spot, away from the screams coming from Buggy in the barrel, the crew formed a circle to listen to Luffy speak in the middle of it.
"First, we took some treasures from these pirates, but it's not enough," he said calmly.
"That's why I also want the bounty on their heads." As soon as he said these words, everyone looked confused.
"But we're pirates... I doubt the Marines would give us money, even if we turn in a pirate with a price on their head," Zoro said curiously.
"You're right, Zoro, I wouldn't be surprised if there's already a bounty on my head after I killed a Marine commander, took over a Marine base, and stole one of their ships," Luffy said calmly.
"But apart from Zoro and me, they have no knowledge of you guys, as hardly anyone here has been seen by the Marines as part of our pirate crew." Luffy reasoned and continued.
"In that sense, I'm going to have Lami and Bepo set up near a Marine base to turn in these men. They'll be known as bounty hunters, exchanging the heads of the pirates we capture on our journey until we leave this sea."
Lami understood Luffy's reasoning and nodded. Before she could ask about their next meeting point, Luffy continued, noticing her evident confusion.
"Don't worry about that, Yamato here will make vivre cards for us, so we can find each other anytime using them," Luffy said, raising some eyebrows while most of them didn't understand what he was talking about.
"Hm? Ah, this? Great idea, my Luffy!" Yamato said with a smile, as she could create vivre cards.
"Vivre cards?" Kuina asked, looking puzzled, as she wasn't aware of their existence.
"Also known as life cards, made from a part of someone's body, typically their fingernails, they move toward the person they represent no matter where you are in the world. They also represent the user's life, and if it starts to burn, it means the original person is nearing death. If the paper disappears in flames, it means the person has died," Lami explained calmly, earning many surprised looks. Kuina, Zoro, Nami, and even Shirahoshi had no knowledge of this.
"So I'm going to turn in Buggy's crew for their bounty and then we'll meet again with the paper, right?" Lami asked.
"Exactly, that way you'll become our unofficial bounty hunter," Luffy said with a smile, and Nami could be seen with dollar signs replacing her eyes at this idea.
After planning how they would do this, Luffy turned his attention to Chouchou, who had awakened as they discussed their plans. Nami was the only one who stayed quiet in the group.
"Yo, Chouchou!" Luffy greeted the bandaged dog beside the mayor after separating from his group, and the elderly man hadn't left the dog's side all this time.
"AU AU!" The white-furred dog, one of their saviors, barked.
"Luffy-Sama, do you really plan to recruit the dog?" Shirahoshi asked from the side with a happy look, as the dog had survived.
"What??!! He intends to recruit a dog?!" Lami exclaimed comically when she heard this.
"EHHH?!" Both Kuina, Zoro, Bepo, and Nami exclaimed in unison.
"Hahahaha. He seems to be quite strong!" Yamato commented enthusiastically.
"LOOK AT HIM, HE'S JUST AN ORDINARY INJURED DOG!" Nami made a comical face as she shouted in disbelief at both the captain and the vice-captain of the group.
"AU! AU! AU!" Chouchou didn't seem too happy about what was being said about him.
"Hey, buddy, calm down, let's talk, okay?" Luffy said calmly as he heard everything the dog was saying.
"Wait, can you talk to him?" Zoro couldn't help but ask with a raised eyebrow.
"I don't know why, but yes, I can. I can't understand Megalo, but I can hear what Chouchou is trying to say..." Luffy said, scratching his head in this dilemma.
'Without the Voice of All Things, which is still locked, I can say that maybe it's due to my Mythical Zoan form, as in its final form, despite having the body of a human with horns and wings
, I also have a face that resembles a pitbull.'
"This is amazing, Luffy-Sama! I can't understand him very well, unlike Megalo."
"Sharky!"
"Megalo says he can understand Chouchou-Sama too," Shirahoshi said again.
"I see. Anyway, I'm going to talk to him." Luffy went to the injured dog and began to speak with him quietly in that corner.
To the onlookers, it appeared that Luffy was talking to the dog as if it were a person, and the dog was responding with barks.
*Whisper*
"AU, AU."
*Whisper*
"AU..."
*Whisper*
"Au! Au!"
"That's great!" Luffy exclaimed happily after some time.
While almost everyone was stunned by what was happening, the mayor standing nearby was conflicted.
"What's going on here..." Zoro exclaimed, looking lost.
"Hahahaha, we have a new crewmate right now!" Luffy celebrated in front of everyone as he stood up.
With the exception of Yamato, who had enhanced hearing and Observation Haki, the conversation was a mystery to all the others.
"Don't look at me like that; I just told him to join us. I'd help him get stronger; he lost the only precious thing to him, the store of his former owner, so he felt quite helpless. I offered my help to make him stronger so he never has to feel like that again, and to have the adventures he can have on our ship!" Luffy spoke with a smile.
"I understand, and what about him having a harem of female dogs?" Yamato asked, confused in front of everyone.
"DON'T MENTION THAT!" Luffy shouted with a bit of embarrassment when she brought that up.
"AU!"
"DON'T AGREE WITH HER!"
Everyone looking at this scenario facepalmed.
'THIS CAPTAIN IS REALLY CRAZY! OFFERING A HAREM TO A DOG SO THAT HE CAN JOIN THE CREW?' They all exclaimed in their minds.
'I DIDN'T EXACTLY OFFER THAT DIRECTLY; I JUST SAID HE COULD GET POWER, FAME, AND SOME FEMALE DOGS IN ADVENTURES ON MY SHIP!' Luffy lamented internally.
"Anyway, let's get ready to set sail; we have more islands to visit." Luffy ordered, and a part of the crew started dragging the prisoners onto the Marine ship.
Meanwhile, Luffy went to Buggy's ship and shrank it to fit in his pocket.
"Would Kaya buy this ship?" Luffy wondered as he stored the ship in his pocket.
Once everything was ready, they began to head back to the Marine ship with all the loot and prisoners.
As they boarded the Marine ship, they heard a voice from the direction of the island.
"HEY! YOU BETTER TAKE GOOD CARE OF CHOUCHOU, OR I'LL COME AFTER YOU AT SEA!" the mayor shouted from the port as they started to set sail.
"Don't worry, old man; the next news you'll hear about this dog will be his wanted poster!" Luffy replied, placing his hat on his head.
"AS IF A DOG WOULD GET A WANTED POSTER!" the mayor shouted comically.
"Goodbye, Mayor! See you next time." Luffy smiled at the only old man on the dock.
"AU! AU!" Chouchou was next to him, not forgetting to say goodbye.
"Now, what's the plan?" Lami asked.
"Let's head toward the island of Syrup Village. I don't know the exact direction because the Marine map is confusing, but I have a way to get to the location."
"Doesn't anyone here know how to navigate?" Nami muttered unconsciously.
"Wait a moment! You don't have a navigator on the ship?" Nami asked out loud in surprise, wanting to apply for the position since she was just a maid here, and while trying to steal from them, a better position would present a better opportunity.
Luffy had a playful gleam in his eyes when he heard this.
"Why would I need a navigator when I have Zoro?" Luffy teased Nami while pointing at Zoro.
"Zoro?"
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"Me?" Zoro was also confused.
"Of course, pay attention. Zoro, where is Syrup Village? Do you know?" Luffy asked Zoro directly.
"Hmmm, I believe it's that way, Captain!" Zoro thought for a moment, scratching his chin, and finally pointed in a direction.
"You see? Bepo, go to the helmsman and turn the ship in the opposite direction of where Zoro pointed!"
"Hm?!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHA"
"Ehehehe"
"SHISHISHISHI"
"SHAR SHAR SHAR SHAR!"
"Zizizizizizizi. I'M SORRY!"
"Hey, hey! This isn't funny!" Zoro turned red as everyone was laughing at him.
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Third Person POV
Somewhere in the East Blue Sea.
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After two days in the middle of the ocean, a Marine ship was anchored in the waters, while Luffy used the power of his Devil Fruit to slow down the ship, almost coming to a stop. Next to the Marine ship, there was a smaller and peculiar boat.
"What is this?" Yamato couldn't help but ask in amazement.
"This is a speedboat!" Luffy said proudly. He purchased it using the system, taking an existing model in this world and adding a few modifications.
The young man with the straw hat used his money from the shop system to buy and assemble a steam-powered speedboat.
"What's a speedboat, Luffy-Sama?" Shirahoshi looked curiously at the small, peculiar boat with an engine at the back.
"This is a small motorized boat that can move faster than most boats in this world. It will be a secondary boat for the crew, mainly used by Lami as she delivers the heads of the pirates we captured while we were here in the East Blue," Luffy explained proudly.
"Incredible!" Yamato exclaimed with starry eyes.
"YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A MOTOR IS!" Lami said from the side, thinking that the tall woman with horns was missing a few screws in her head.
Luffy had an appreciative look for Lami at this moment. Although the concept of a motor wasn't new to this world, as they had a sea train in Water 7, for most people, it was strange and unfamiliar. Lami in the original story had a damn submarine like Law, so it's no surprise that she's the only one who has an idea of what a motor is.
"Anyway, I'll teach Lami and Bepo how to operate the speedboat with the fuel now. Please wait for me to finish before we continue our journey," I said, jumping onto the boat, with Lami and Bepo following me.
"But first of all, where did you get all of this? Did you already have it in your pocket?" Lami asked, curious. It was a recurring question among the crew, but everyone inclined to the idea that Luffy had these things before they met him, and he had simply shrunk them and kept them until the occasion.
"No, I got these with the money we obtained from Buggy. It's pretty hard to explain right now, so I'll do it another time. Let's focus on the boat's operation for now," Luffy planned to talk about the concept of the shop later; now he had other concerns.
While Luffy explained the concept and the manual of the speedboat, on the Marine ship, everyone was looking at that strange, small motorized boat. A woman with orange hair was standing beside them.
She was dressed as a French maid, nothing too sensual, but she had her own uniform, like Baby 5. She held a mop in her hand, squeezing it tightly, with veins popping on her head.
"I'm a maid? A maid?!" Nami was furious with her fate in the midst of all these pirates, as her role was to clean the ship and attend to the captain's requests.
"First, he doesn't see me as a navigator and brings me into his crew as a maid. Now he's making me wear this uniform and asking me to keep cleaning the ship?! Damn you, Luffy, you're lucky you hid all that gold, but I'll find it! I'll take it along with the reward you'll receive from Buggy!" Nami was furious at first, but soon had a malicious smile at the prospect of getting all that money from this crew.
"So, I'll keep cleaning the place until I get that money!" She was determined as she resumed her task with a rather happy demeanor, which left everyone who knew her intentions quite concerned as the maid cleaned with a scary smile.
After explaining everything, Luffy summoned a raft to be pulled by the speedboat with Buggy's crew tied together on it.
"With this, I believe you can go. Take my Vivre Card and come to us when you're done," Luffy said, taking a paper from his pocket and handing it to Lami, who accepted it.
"Okay, see you later, Captain." She smiled. In the beginning, Lami had some grievances with Luffy, and they still had some differences, but over the days, they were building some kind of relationship between them, despite a few jokes back and forth.
"Remember, don't use your Devil Fruit powers too easily. My grandfather is already coming after me, and if the headquarters finds out about the potential of the people around me, they'll try to send more forces here. Not that it would scare me if it happened, but I want to delay it as much as possible while we're in this sea."
She nodded in understanding.
"Then, see you later." Luffy said with a nod, not taking his eyes off the emo-styled woman. After a few seconds, he turned to the bear beside him, who wore his orange jumpsuit, one that Luffy bought in the shop, as it belonged to the canonical Bepo without a pirate symbol.
"You too, Bepo, take care and keep this emo here out of trouble," Luffy smiled.
"Who's emo?!" Lami yelled.
"Yes, Captain!" Bepo said, saluting with his hand on his forehead, mimicking a military salute.
"So, I'm off." Luffy jumped onto the Marine ship, while Lami started the coal-powered engines and began to move away from the ship with the raft full of clown-dressed prisoners begging to be set free.
"Now, let's continue our journey. Our sharpshooter with a long nose is waiting for us!" Luffy announced as the ship resumed sailing in the direction they were heading.
For the rest of the day, Luffy trained them with his powers, but this didn't include Nami. Luffy wasn't naive to her real intentions here, as was almost everyone else on the crew. He was just toying with the cat burglar. Even though he needed a navigator, seeing her cleaning the ship with a uniform was too much fun. She would grumble when she broke her broom or the dustpan after realizing her own situation in anger.
"Nami, you've broken another broom. You owe me 50 berries now!" Luffy exclaimed, enjoying himself, while Nami had a dead look as she saw herself either further in debt or losing money, no matter how insignificant 50 berries might be.
As for not training the cat burglar yet, Luffy wanted to see how she would fare on her journey. He wasn't like the canon Luffy to forgive that betrayal so easily. He wanted to test the waters with Nami before making a decision, even though he would appreciate it if she came to ask for help in dealing with Arlong without stealing from him.
"The sun is so warm and nice!" Shirahoshi commented.
"Nami, get some orange juice for me, Yamato, and Shirahoshi?" A shirtless Luffy in flowery shorts asked, as he and Kaido's daughter in a beautiful white bikini, and a serious woman sat side by side, sunbathing on chairs in the middle of the ship. Each of them wore sunglasses to enjoy the moment.
Meanwhile, Chouch
ou was on the mast like a lookout or guard dog, and Zoro and Kuina were still training, swinging a piece of wood, which I increased in weight multiple times.
"Sharky!" A disgruntled Megalo barked from the side of the mermaid, who was on another chair.
"Oh, I forgot, one for Megalo too." Luffy quickly said apologetically.
While they enjoyed their time relaxing at sea after their intense training, Nami had to comply with the captain's request.
"Of course!" Nami replied, gritting her teeth. She despised everything about the situation, but it was necessary to get her precious gold.
"Thanks, maid!" Luffy commented with a smile.
"Thank you, Nami!"
"Thank you, Maid-Sama!"
"Sharky!"
Everyone expressed their gratitude.
"You're welcome." Nami smiled with closed eyes but had visible veins on her forehead as she tried to hide her anger. She began to walk in a stiff and squared manner as her unmasked rage consumed her, heading toward the Marine ship's kitchen.
"She pretends so poorly. How did she manage to steal from all those pirates?" Luffy couldn't help but wonder internally as he watched her walk away from the group.
"Woof! Woof!" Everyone heard barking from the mast, and Luffy understood what it meant.
"It seems Chouchou spotted land!" Luffy commented with a sigh. Anyway, it didn't take much more than a day after Lami separated from the group for the ship to see the Village of Syrup in the distance.
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